Perceptual and nystagmic thresholds of vestibular function in yaw

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 461-466

  Seemungal, B M ^a   Gunaratne, I A ^a   Fleming, I O ^a   Gresty, M A ^a   Bronstein, A M ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Nystagmus; Sensory thresholds; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; YAWNING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTION PERCEPTION; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; VESTIBULE;

EID: 15244363992     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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